Gimme some rep! (for them...)

Continuing on with a theme that was discussed in the Gimme some rep! thread (the purity of which should not be disturbed any further) the purpose of this thread is to recognize mtbr members who tend to post only in certain subforums, toiling away with mountains of solid advice, selfless deeds, or just a good dose of wisecracking. Many of these subforums tend to be self-referencing with little in the way of rep available from the regulars there.

Here's your chance to give a shout out to some of those members. It's only rep, but a bit of encouragement never hurt anyone and may just help them to keep doing what they're doing.

Post up here, telling us a little about these members (including their user name) and provide a link to one of their posts so that we can all have the opportunity to spread a little rep-cognition their way! Nothing says "I love you" better than waking up to the surprise of a bunch of new green chiclets.

"Andrwswitch" and "Berkeley Mike" come to mind. Sorry bout my lack of interwebz skills and skipping the links.
Andrew usually hangs in the beginners forum and just puts out solid info.
Mike seems to be a very cool guy with a great head on his shoulders.
Other members like AZ.MTNS and so many others just seem like cool people, who do what they can to prop up other cool members, bash trollers, and IMO are just good for comradery round here.

So true, and great that you brought this up. Seems like members can type away a full page to try and help out fellow mtbrs, humans, whatever, and get no thanx. Yet others who post up stupid sh@t that might be a little funny, or jump on a bash the troll bandwagon sometimes get all the props, which is cool, but it IMO it should swing the other way sometimes.

Seems like members can type away a full page to try and help out fellow mtbrs, humans, whatever, and get no thanx. Yet others who post up stupid sh@t that might be a little funny, or jump on a bash the troll bandwagon sometimes get all the props, which is cool, but it IMO it should swing the other way sometimes.

It takes all types to make a community. mtbr is a pretty cool mix of helpful information along with stuff which is just letting it hang out a bit for fun. It's a nice break from reality. The value of the content here would be lessened if either was missing. Which brings us to;

Originally Posted by theMeat

"Andrwswitch" and "Berkeley Mike" come to mind. Sorry bout my lack of interwebz skills and skipping the links.
Andrew usually hangs in the beginners forum and just puts out solid info.
Mike seems to be a very cool guy with a great head on his shoulders.

You've called it, so +rep now given out to each. Latest posts I found respectively were;

^^^ jokin of course
Give it to the people helpin others out in the beginners section.
To the people that go outa their way to explain something to another.
To the underdogs n down trodden,
To the people searching for justice in a dark land.
To the misunderstood.
To the poor.
To the sick.
To the lame.
To the freedom fighters.
To the whale savers.
To the lil kitten lovers.
To the people that rescue lil puppys.
To the helpers
To the lovers
To the slow n weak
To the peoples poets........

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA!
I have two thoughts:
1. make sure they are solid contributors prior to mentioning them.
2. I say we keep this to positive rep only, let the "best of mtbr wtf" be the place for coco crazies.

One i can think of:JFryauff = in the beer forum, can't miss him, contributes positively to every thread.
Example: Labor Day Partigyle

Natehawk and AZ both deserve the rep they already have but might as well mention them, as they are everywhere! Berklymike and andrwswitch were the other two i was going to mention but they were mentioned above.

"Any wheel size is better than sitting at a computer all day." -Myself

^^^ jokin of course
Give it to the people helpin others out in the beginners section.
To the people that go outa their way to explain something to another.
To the underdogs n down trodden,
To the people searching for justice in a dark land.
To the misunderstood.
To the poor.
To the sick.
To the lame.
To the freedom fighters.
To the whale savers.
To the lil kitten lovers.
To the people that rescue lil puppys.
To the helpers
To the lovers
To the slow n weak
To the peoples poets........

anthonys passed away 3 years ago this past May. His passion posts in particular were some of the best contributions I have seen on this site. This is a somewhat random thread he started but please go back and check some of the many threads he started and shared in. I did not know him in life but I still enjoy his very rep worthy posts.

All great props above, but personally I would love to hear more about some of those members who don't already have a full slate of green chiclets, and whose contributions are going mostly unnoticed tucked away in subforums that don't get a lot of views.

Members with big rep numbers are already feelin' the love from their fellow posters. Just sayin'

If you come across anyone who fits that description, post up with a few words telling us about them (and a link to one of their recent posts so we can click on it to distribute some rep).

^^^ jokin of course
Give it to the people helpin others out in the beginners section.
To the people that go outa their way to explain something to another.
To the underdogs n down trodden,
To the people searching for justice in a dark land.
To the misunderstood.
To the poor.
To the sick.
To the lame.
To the freedom fighters.
To the whale savers.
To the lil kitten lovers.
To the people that rescue lil puppys.
To the helpers
To the lovers
To the slow n weak
To the peoples poets........

Circlip: I apologize in advance for not linking; I'm on my phone and linking from it sucks giant balls.

I do not want you to spend too much time sucking giant balls, so hopefully this helps things along with convenience links below (some of them actually posting to this thread) for recent posts from each in case anyone wants to hit up these folks with some rep, or check out their posting history for some previous gems. I'm happy to take this on good faith, as presented by posters in this thread, and give out whatever my rep shooter is loaded with. Seems like an interesting mix of the usual suspects (nothing wrong with that) along with some hidden treasures.

anthonys passed away 3 years ago this past May. His passion posts in particular were some of the best contributions I have seen on this site. This is a somewhat random thread he started but please go back and check some of the many threads he started and shared in. I did not know him in life but I still enjoy his very rep worthy posts.

Over in the 'Clydesdale and tall riders' sub forum there is a post called 'BEFORE AND AFTER weight loss pics'' you couldnt find more worthy guys to give a bit of green to than these guys.
There is some truly amazing and inspiring pictures in that threat that are an inspiration to anybody that has ANYTHING they need to change in their lives, you will be out of green in 5 minutes over there, cheers

Author of Topofusion software, epic bikepacking ride reports, and operator of a couple websites, Krein. He hasn't posted here in quite some time, but here's the last thread he started, a winter bikepacking ride report.

Another posthumous recommendation, Geoman. A prolific poster of help in the lights forum. Geoman's later posts were taken over by a company rep after he passed, but before that he was also very helpful in the GPS forum. Sadly, I never found out when he passed...I think I didn't find out until more than a year later. Here is the last thread started by Geoman. The company went belly-up because of this incredible customer service effort.

I do not want you to spend too much time sucking giant balls, so hopefully this helps things along with convenience links below (some of them actually posting to this thread) for recent posts from each in case anyone wants to hit up these folks with some rep, or check out their posting history for some previous gems. I'm happy to take this on good faith, as presented by posters in this thread, and give out whatever my rep shooter is loaded with. Seems like an interesting mix of the usual suspects (nothing wrong with that) along with some hidden treasures.

say what you want.. but building 50 miles of trails, and being humble about it - is something that deserves Chuck Norris approved props... and grinning right in the face of nasty disease to top it off...

^^^ jokin of course
Give it to the people helpin others out in the beginners section.
To the people that go outa their way to explain something to another.
To the underdogs n down trodden,
To the people searching for justice in a dark land.
To the misunderstood.
To the poor.
To the sick.
To the lame.
To the freedom fighters.
To the whale savers.
To the lil kitten lovers.
To the people that rescue lil puppys.
To the helpers
To the lovers
To the slow n weak
To the peoples poets........

I would like to mention gmats. He is a good member on and off the forums. He is really knowledgeable and a real veteran on this sport. He also takes care of one the nicest trail here on the island, Kalopa.

wmac, please don't qote spam. When the mods delete it it's no longer there. By quoting it you ensure it stays around forever. If you do quote it, just delete all their text and replace it with a funny sentence or message truncated. I'm sorry if this comes off as sounding dickish, I don't mean it to, just informative. You rule!

Mr. Magura is a freaking wizard with the machining. One of the most knowledgable dudes here. Fattiregoose in my local (N&S Carolina) is always good for a laugh and some knowledge dropping.

Oh, and Michael Lambert. If you're not following his thread, do it, do it now and plus rep the bajesus out of that dude.

And PT Wood. His pictures are epic and write-ups to match. Plus, I accidentally neg repped him once.

Originally Posted by Tone's

Id scrap the passion forum all together, its a breeding ground for unicorn milkers, rainbow chasers and candy cotton farters.

I would like to mention gmats. He is a good member on and off the forums. He is really knowledgeable and a real veteran on this sport. He also takes care of one the nicest trail here on the island, Kalopa.

Ha! I'm not sure that makes me a popular figure in some circles, but I have been burning the midnight oil for months to make sure that factual information gets into these very charged threads, even when that sometimes supports the opposing side of view.